diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2ff3f83..8cf2700 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,18 +3,18 @@ language: php
 php:
     - 7.0
     - 7.1
+    - 7.2
 
 before_script:
     - travis_retry composer self-update
     - travis_retry composer install --no-interaction --prefer-source --dev
 
 script:
-  - ./vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-text --coverage-clover ./build/logs/clover.xml
+    - mkdir -p ./build/logs
+    - ./vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-text --coverage-clover ./build/logs/clover.xml
 
-after_script:
-  - php vendor/bin/coveralls
-  - wget https://scrutinizer-ci.com/ocular.phar
-  - php ocular.phar code-coverage:upload --format=php-clover ./build/logs/clover.xml
+after_success:
+    - travis_retry php vendor/bin/php-coveralls -v
 
 notifications:
   webhooks:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3b157c2..4867625 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.2.13] - 28 Dec 2017
+### Added
+- ability to define custom cache store in `.env` file.
+
 ## [0.2.12] - 14 Dec 2017
 ### Added
 - chainable method to disable caching of queries.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b15302f..23dd405 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,22 @@ relationships. This package is the attempt to address those requirements.
 -   PHP >= 7.0.0
 -   Laravel 5.5
 
+## Installation
+```
+composer require genealabs/laravel-model-caching
+```
+
+## Configuration
+### Optional Custom Cache Store
+If you would like to use a different cache store than the default one used by
+your Laravel application, you may do so by setting the `MODEL_CACHE_STORE`
+environment variable in your `.env` file to the name of a cache store configured
+in `config/cache.php` (you can define any custom cache store base on your
+specific needs there). For example:
+```
+MODEL_CACHE_STORE=redis
+```
+
 ## Usage
 For best performance a taggable cache provider is recommended (redis,
 memcached). While this is optional, using a non-taggable cache provider will
@@ -56,7 +72,7 @@ extends `Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User`. Overriding that would break functiona
 Not only that, but it probably isn't a good idea to cache the user model anyway,
 since you always want to pull the most up-to-date info on it.
 
-### Disabling Caching of Queries
+### Optional Disabling Caching of Queries
 **Recommendation: add this to all your seeder queries to avoid pulling in
 cached information when reseeding multiple times.**
 You can disable a given query by using `disableCache()` in the query chain, and
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index a11f451..7a49316 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -9,17 +9,18 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=7.0.0",
         "illuminate/cache": "5.5.*",
-        "illuminate/database": "5.5.*"
+        "illuminate/database": "5.5.*",
+        "php": ">=7.0.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
+        "codedungeon/phpunit-result-printer": "^0.4.4",
         "fzaninotto/faker": "~1.4",
         "laravel/laravel": "5.5.*",
         "mockery/mockery": "0.9.*",
         "phpmd/phpmd": "^2.6",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "5.7.*",
-        "satooshi/php-coveralls" : "*",
+        "php-coveralls/php-coveralls" : "*",
         "sebastian/phpcpd": "*"
     },
     "autoload": {
@@ -34,5 +35,12 @@
         "psr-4": {
             "GeneaLabs\\LaravelModelCaching\\Tests\\": "tests/"
         }
+    },
+    "extra": {
+        "laravel": {
+            "providers": [
+                "GeneaLabs\\LaravelModelCaching\\Providers\\Service"
+            ]
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/config/laravel-model-caching.php b/config/laravel-model-caching.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc75105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/laravel-model-caching.php
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?php
+
+return [
+    'store' => env('MODEL_CACHE_STORE'),
+];
diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
index c3ae6e6..2be4735 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<phpunit backupGlobals="false"
+<phpunit
+    backupGlobals="false"
     backupStaticAttributes="false"
+    bootstrap="vendor/autoload.php"
     colors="true"
     convertErrorsToExceptions="true"
     convertNoticesToExceptions="true"
     convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
+    printerClass="Codedungeon\PHPUnitPrettyResultPrinter\Printer"
     processIsolation="false"
     stopOnFailure="false"
     syntaxCheck="false"
-    bootstrap="vendor/autoload.php"
 >
 <testsuites>
     <testsuite name="Feature">
diff --git a/src/CachedBuilder.php b/src/CachedBuilder.php
index a2fbeaa..a541895 100644
--- a/src/CachedBuilder.php
+++ b/src/CachedBuilder.php
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ class CachedBuilder extends EloquentBuilder
 {
     use Cachable;
 
-    protected $isCachable = true;
-
     public function avg($column)
     {
         if (! $this->isCachable) {
@@ -56,13 +54,6 @@ public function delete()
         return parent::delete();
     }
 
-    public function disableCache()
-    {
-        $this->isCachable = false;
-
-        return $this;
-    }
-
     /**
      * @SuppressWarnings(PHPMD.ShortVariable)
      */
@@ -155,16 +146,4 @@ public function sum($column)
                 return parent::sum($column);
             });
     }
-
-    protected function makeCacheKey(array $columns = ['*'], $idColumn = null) : string
-    {
-        return (new CacheKey($this->eagerLoad, $this->model, $this->query))
-            ->make($columns, $idColumn);
-    }
-
-    protected function makeCacheTags() : array
-    {
-        return (new CacheTags($this->eagerLoad, $this->model))
-            ->make();
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/CachedModel.php b/src/CachedModel.php
index c911d7f..790c45b 100644
--- a/src/CachedModel.php
+++ b/src/CachedModel.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php namespace GeneaLabs\LaravelModelCaching;
 
 use GeneaLabs\LaravelModelCaching\CachedBuilder as Builder;
+use GeneaLabs\LaravelModelCaching\Traits\Cachable;
 use Illuminate\Cache\CacheManager;
 use Illuminate\Cache\TaggableStore;
 use Illuminate\Cache\TaggedCache;
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@
 
 abstract class CachedModel extends Model
 {
+    use Cachable;
+
     public function newEloquentBuilder($query)
     {
         if (session('genealabs-laravel-model-caching-is-disabled')) {
@@ -46,30 +49,6 @@ public static function boot()
         });
     }
 
-    public function cache(array $tags = [])
-    {
-        $cache = cache();
-
-        if (is_subclass_of($cache->getStore(), TaggableStore::class)) {
-            array_push($tags, str_slug(get_called_class()));
-            $cache = $cache->tags($tags);
-        }
-
-        return $cache;
-    }
-
-    public function disableCache() : self
-    {
-        session(['genealabs-laravel-model-caching-is-disabled' => true]);
-
-        return $this;
-    }
-
-    public function flushCache(array $tags = [])
-    {
-        $this->cache($tags)->flush();
-    }
-
     public static function all($columns = ['*'])
     {
         $class = get_called_class();
diff --git a/src/Providers/Service.php b/src/Providers/Service.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64afdbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Providers/Service.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php namespace GeneaLabs\LaravelModelCaching\Providers;
+
+use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
+
+class Service extends ServiceProvider
+{
+    protected $defer = false;
+
+    public function boot()
+    {
+        $configPath = __DIR__ . '/../../config/laravel-model-caching.php';
+        $this->mergeConfigFrom($configPath, 'laravel-model-caching');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Traits/Cachable.php b/src/Traits/Cachable.php
index 6f34d30..08d4119 100644
--- a/src/Traits/Cachable.php
+++ b/src/Traits/Cachable.php
@@ -1,17 +1,55 @@
 <?php namespace GeneaLabs\LaravelModelCaching\Traits;
 
+use GeneaLabs\LaravelModelCaching\CacheKey;
+use GeneaLabs\LaravelModelCaching\CacheTags;
+use GeneaLabs\LaravelModelCaching\CachedModel;
 use Illuminate\Cache\TaggableStore;
 
 trait Cachable
 {
+    protected $isCachable = true;
+
     protected function cache(array $tags = [])
     {
         $cache = cache();
 
+        if (config('laravel-model-caching.store')) {
+            $cache = $cache->store(config('laravel-model-caching.store'));
+        }
+
         if (is_subclass_of($cache->getStore(), TaggableStore::class)) {
+            if (is_a($this, CachedModel::class)) {
+                array_push($tags, str_slug(get_called_class()));
+            }
+
             $cache = $cache->tags($tags);
         }
 
         return $cache;
     }
+
+    public function disableCache()
+    {
+        session(['genealabs-laravel-model-caching-is-disabled' => true]);
+        $this->isCachable = false;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    public function flushCache(array $tags = [])
+    {
+        $this->cache($tags)->flush();
+    }
+
+    protected function makeCacheKey(array $columns = ['*'], $idColumn = null) : string
+    {
+        return (new CacheKey($this->eagerLoad, $this->model, $this->query))
+            ->make($columns, $idColumn);
+    }
+
+    protected function makeCacheTags() : array
+    {
+        return (new CacheTags($this->eagerLoad, $this->model))
+            ->make();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/CreatesApplication.php b/tests/CreatesApplication.php
index 20300b6..9c275d3 100644
--- a/tests/CreatesApplication.php
+++ b/tests/CreatesApplication.php
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php namespace GeneaLabs\LaravelModelCaching\Tests;
 
+use GeneaLabs\LaravelModelCaching\Providers\Service as LaravelModelCachingService;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Console\Kernel;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factory;
 
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ public function createApplication()
         $app->afterResolving('migrator', function ($migrator) {
             $migrator->path(__DIR__ . '/database/migrations');
         });
+        $app->register(LaravelModelCachingService::class);
 
         return $app;
     }
diff --git a/tests/Unit/CachedModelTest.php b/tests/Unit/CachedModelTest.php
index db34ec4..eb48379 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/CachedModelTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/CachedModelTest.php
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ public function testAllModelResultsCreatesCache()
         $this->assertEmpty($liveResults->diffAssoc($cachedResults));
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @group test
-     **/
     public function testScopeDisablesCaching()
     {
         $key = 'genealabslaravelmodelcachingtestsfixturesauthor';
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Traits/CachableTest.php b/tests/Unit/Traits/CachableTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1218b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/Traits/CachableTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?php namespace GeneaLabs\LaravelModelCaching\Tests\Unit;
+
+use GeneaLabs\LaravelModelCaching\Tests\Fixtures\Author;
+use GeneaLabs\LaravelModelCaching\Tests\Fixtures\Book;
+use GeneaLabs\LaravelModelCaching\Tests\Fixtures\Profile;
+use GeneaLabs\LaravelModelCaching\Tests\Fixtures\Publisher;
+use GeneaLabs\LaravelModelCaching\Tests\Fixtures\Store;
+use GeneaLabs\LaravelModelCaching\Tests\Fixtures\UncachedAuthor;
+use GeneaLabs\LaravelModelCaching\Tests\Fixtures\UncachedBook;
+use GeneaLabs\LaravelModelCaching\Tests\Fixtures\UncachedProfile;
+use GeneaLabs\LaravelModelCaching\Tests\Fixtures\UncachedPublisher;
+use GeneaLabs\LaravelModelCaching\Tests\Fixtures\UncachedStore;
+use GeneaLabs\LaravelModelCaching\Tests\TestCase;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
+
+class CachableTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use RefreshDatabase;
+
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        cache()->flush();
+        $publishers = factory(Publisher::class, 10)->create();
+        factory(Author::class, 10)->create()
+            ->each(function ($author) use ($publishers) {
+                factory(Book::class, random_int(2, 10))->make()
+                    ->each(function ($book) use ($author, $publishers) {
+                        $book->author()->associate($author);
+                        $book->publisher()->associate($publishers[rand(0, 9)]);
+                        $book->save();
+                    });
+                factory(Profile::class)->make([
+                    'author_id' => $author->id,
+                ]);
+            });
+
+        $bookIds = (new Book)->all()->pluck('id');
+        factory(Store::class, 10)->create()
+            ->each(function ($store) use ($bookIds) {
+                $store->books()->sync(rand($bookIds->min(), $bookIds->max()));
+            });
+        cache()->flush();
+    }
+
+    public function testSpecifyingAlternateCacheDriver()
+    {
+        $configCacheStores = config('cache.stores');
+        $configCacheStores['customCache'] = ['driver' => 'array'];
+        config(['cache.stores' => $configCacheStores]);
+        config(['laravel-model-caching.store' => 'customCache']);
+        $key = 'genealabslaravelmodelcachingtestsfixturesauthor';
+        $tags = ['genealabslaravelmodelcachingtestsfixturesauthor'];
+
+        $authors = (new Author)
+            ->all();
+        $defaultcacheResults = cache()
+            ->tags($tags)
+            ->get($key);
+        $customCacheResults = cache()
+            ->store('customCache')
+            ->tags($tags)
+            ->get($key);
+        $liveResults = (new UncachedAuthor)
+            ->all();
+
+        $this->assertEquals($customCacheResults, $authors);
+        $this->assertNull($defaultcacheResults);
+        $this->assertEmpty($liveResults->diffAssoc($customCacheResults));
+    }
+}